Ren'Py RomCom: Divergence [v0.1.3.1p] [Haptales]

[odbpm]

For now, leaving the short Prologue aside, you play from the POV of a character you named yourself.
This will be the case for the entire Episode 1.
Episode 2 will feature a different protagonist, and Episode 3 will have another, and so on.

saw incest tag now it just goes on ignore, why tf would anyone name a mc to play as, only to then play as a different mc in episode2 and 3. will i have 3 or more mc's with same name? nah think its a skip for me

I stand my ground that this game isn't an NTR game.
But again, some people see NTR everywhere that isn't 100% pure vanilla.
Others might argue that it depends on which character you associate with.

and even if i only played as 1 mc, after seeing the post below, its also an ignore. pretty clear its a setup for ntr. and even if the 3 or more mc's i would have to play as gets the girls that are close to to the bully, why tf would you want his sloppy seconds.
showing any scene with these LI's and the bully without having mc putting a stop to it before it happens is still ntr

I actually had to come back and check the tags for this game the set up at the beginning of the game with most of the girls introduced having some sort of connection to your school bully really felt like it was setting up for an NTR scenario. Misaki getting pressured into it by her friends who are fans of King, Sora getting taken advantage of while being coached by King, Katsumi ending up in some sort of losing scenario after trying to fight back against King's bullying, and Maya is already close to King. I just don't know in what way I would set Sayuri onto the losing path maybe ending up under King's thumb after trying to make a deal with him to not bully the protag. Now that I have progressed past the prologue I have to say I really dig this premise of the protagonist of a romcom failing so badly that the creator of the story has to intervene before it becomes NTR.

 

[the_fluff]

Ah, okay clear now. I like the premise I just dont like multi protag. Good luck with your game.

 

[Antonisimo]

Hello everyone, and thanks for trying out my game! (Or at least having some interest in it!)

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I know my game's description is vague and the tags might be unclear.
Maybe I should have marketed it as a typical harem game and then hit you with that plot twist...?
I wonder how this thread would have looked if I had done that^^

Well, I'm the kind of person who doesn't like making empty promises or planning too far ahead, so... I simply don't promise anything! Ahah!

Sure, I could try to sell the game's plot for hours, but I'd rather spend that time on actual game development.
Completing the game is more important... at least to me.
Then, instead of relying on my poor salesman's pitch, you'll be able to judge the final product for what it really is!


Anyway, thank you again for taking the time to leave feedback, I really appreciate it!

 

[Chaoticjustice]

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I know my game's description is vague and the tags might be unclear.
Maybe I should have marketed it as a typical harem game and then hit you with that plot twist...?
I wonder how this thread would have looked if I had done that^^

Well, I'm the kind of person who doesn't like making empty promises or planning too far ahead, so... I simply don't promise anything! Ahah!

Sure, I could try to sell the game's plot for hours, but I'd rather spend that time on actual game development.
Completing the game is more important... at least to me.
Then, instead of relying on my poor salesman's pitch, you'll be able to judge the final product for what it really is!


Anyway, thank you again for taking the time to leave feedback, I really appreciate it!

With each episode having a different protagonist is that going to be a new MC with new girls or is it going to be the same girls and the same MC that has been body swapped again or what ever you call it

 

[sei84]

This should probably have the VN tag, the only decision you make is to name your character.

 

[Anduy1234]

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I know my game's description is vague and the tags might be unclear.
Maybe I should have marketed it as a typical harem game and then hit you with that plot twist...?
I wonder how this thread would have looked if I had done that^^

Well, I'm the kind of person who doesn't like making empty promises or planning too far ahead, so... I simply don't promise anything! Ahah!

Sure, I could try to sell the game's plot for hours, but I'd rather spend that time on actual game development.
Completing the game is more important... at least to me.
Then, instead of relying on my poor salesman's pitch, you'll be able to judge the final product for what it really is!


Anyway, thank you again for taking the time to leave feedback, I really appreciate it!

LOVEEE YOUR GAMEEEEE SO MUCHH

 

[FalconLover420]

First this was a nice game lol and i appreciate that you had the patience with the "mUH NtR gAmE dROpPinG" crowd because this is anything but that (FYI they are all virgins ) . I like how there are a lot of meme references (I liked them), but the pacing felt extremely fast.

I do like Sora and Mari characters (Tomboy and Gyaru perfect combo)

Thanks for this gem dev!

 

[N3M3S1S69]

why am i thinking the incest tag is just a bait and switch?

 

[Thang6782]

This game is interesting, remind me of LiL since it have the MC being possed. But for some reason this just doesn't sit right with me though, maybe it's because the Protagonist's action ? Or is it because of the pacing ? I don't know. Maybe my morality is still too high to play this. But hoping for the next update, let see what you're cooking.

 

[Gojii]

Game sounds a bit chaotic in premise, but interesting nonetheless, do your thing dev, I'll give it a look at some point later. Seems like you're more just parodying/subverting the genre more than anything, right? At least that's how its coming across from what I'm reading.

 

[Erick101]

This game is goated luckily i found this gem

 

[throwaway722]

i think this game is kinda out of pocket with the delivery since i literally dont connect with the player character just being a really piece of shit, but i think from a meta sense i get it. so from that angle i find it mad funny and wonder if thats how alot of people who play these games are like, blaming the dev or making death threats. doing goofy loser type shit like that. I hope the dev never had to deal with anything like that before.

pretty solid game i do get how a sane person isn't supposed to connect or relate to this Mc and its fair. i see it as just a visual novel i watch from a 3rd person view. thats pretty dope

 

[VoidExile]

RomCom: Divergence? More like, forth wall break simulator! Hah, gottem. If the forth wall keeps being broken like this, I don't think I would care if there are NTR in the game. God I'm glad I'm not gonna be stuck with a pathetic excuse of an mc. Usually we get stuck with that guy. The novel might actually turn out okay after all.

Man, spoke this soon, this new mc is just an asshole. Oh well...

That's an interesting way to introduce incest, just wow...

Some of the plots in this game are so outrageous, I've never even seen this one.

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Welp, that was fun. The game hits a middle spot. My only complaint is how infuriating the mc is, how half the cast is always ignored when they are in a dire situation and how the main antagonist even exists in the first place. I dunno. I think I'm just that rare case where a light hearted romcom would be more appealing. Don't really need more negativity in my life, you know? Actually, there is that other thing where there are too many liquids, I hate the camera angles used in every single animation and think whoever invented tilted camera angles or dutch angles as they are also called did avn's a massive diservice, even if that's not why they were invented. Like damn, do you think I want to be tilting my head 9001 degrees to see the goods? Nah man. I get enough neck pain just reading the novel, don't need more. I'm never escaping it. At this point it's just reaching acceptance territory. Still hate it, always will. Probably would never actually support a VN that uses it excessively either but... Not like I'm able to support any anyway.

At this point, the only thing keeping me from good VN's is what is advertised to me. I will get around to playing them all, if I actually like the artstyle and don't mind the tags. Guess I'm part of some minority of people who enjoy getting into crappy first time visual novel projects. Just a shame that there are so many independently asking for a set sum of money to provide their releases instead of just giving one sum to some great collective that spreads it across all the devs based on their share... yeah that would be great. Would make it incredibly easy to just support the entire market as a whole. Anyway, it's all too easy to just get the games for free, and honestly the only thing that makes sense if you have so much time and will to jump from game to game. If every visual novel costed me a couple bucks per update or for a prolonged subscription, that would not be financially responsible. But man... At this point I WANT to support visual novels. It's just that there is no way in hell I'm supporting a single one, unless it's somehow really freaking hard to gain access to. In which case I may just avoid it out of spite or never see it in the first place in f95 is kinda my go to place for VN's... I mean, where else would you go in my position?

 

[Seccac]

multi protag and u feel like ur getting cucked at the beginning, quit after the very first scene is a girl masturbating while yelling out the name of the guy who cucked you while u watch in a damn locker, that after getting cucked by the guy during an entire prologue? ye atp add NTR to the tags, the prologue made me sick to my stomach

 

[Seccac]

also not a big fan of stories where world building and storytelling is thrown out the window, our mc is corny and is supposed to be the voice of the player, talking like he is playing a game, crap like a girl coming to talk to you and the mc js saying "nope not going down ur route for now" and the girl disappearing without saying anything happens, at least for me it breaks a ton of the immersion, ik its supposed to be comedy but I can't find it funny sorry

 

[Reaper2122]

also not a big fan of stories where world building and storytelling is thrown out the window, our mc is corny and is supposed to be the voice of the player, talking like he is playing a game, crap like a girl coming to talk to you and the mc js saying "nope not going down ur route for now" and the girl disappearing without saying anything happens, at least for me it breaks a ton of the immersion, ik its supposed to be comedy but I can't find it funny sorry

The world building and story telling come from the subversion of generic VN tropes and how the MC is a stereotypical Achievement Hunter Perfectionist. They are not supposed to be your voice. They are their own character. You are along for the ride.

 

[Haptales]

Heya~ everyone!

Today marks exactly 3 months since the last time we saw each other...
So we actually managed to see each other before New Year, like wow, lucky us, right~?

Ah, but don't worry too much about the dev's corpse on the floor, okayyy?
I'll kick that lazy bastard's ass back to work right after this, no stress~

Now then, let's jump into my amazing Chapter 4 preview, kay?

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Chapter 4
Early release: 12/17 2pm (UTC+1)
Public release: 12/24 2pm (UTC+1)

 

[Seccac]

The world building and story telling come from the subversion of generic VN tropes and how the MC is a stereotypical Achievement Hunter Perfectionist. They are not supposed to be your voice. They are their own character. You are along for the ride.

No shit Sherlock, what gave it away? The 0 choices aside from name? I'm just saying it's goofy and not my cup of tea

 

[Reaper2122]

No shit Sherlock, what gave it away? The 0 choices aside from name? I'm just saying it's goofy and not my cup of tea

You have some minor choices. It's not completely kinetic. To each their own on preferences. Maybe it'll be more your thing in the future.